Making Moral Judgments on Employee Actions

Organizational Ethics and Self-Assessment Making moral judgments is one of the most challenging endeavors both in academic studies of morality and the daily application of the moral standards in the society and workplace as seen in the cases presented in the four scenarios presented. In the first case, the manager, Terry, should have taken the company vehicle for assessment as was required instead of covering 2,000 more miles than stipulated since there was a reasonable factor behind the 3,000 miles checkup mark.

Transcending this requirement first meant total disregard for the laws put down by the company she works for and also disregard for the lives of those who may sue the car as it ultimately happened to Pat. It was morally insensitive to do what she did since the probability of effect was quite high as Terry's disregard for professional directly meant life endangerment.

The second case it is insensitive to locate the working place of the electrician right next to the pressing machine while being fully aware that the effects of the noise cannot completely eliminated even by following the state regulations on noise control. The hearing loss should be blamed on the company who ignored the precaution probably due to the low magnitude of consequences, bearing that it was only one person working next to the pressing machine all the time.

In the third case study, there was unethical act committed by both individuals, indeed an illegal act of giving and receiving bribe. In as much as the effect of the action of bribing for a service after the closing hours were not felt immediately, since the moral intensity was deferred over a long period as defined by the temporal immediacy, the depiction of the company as a corruptible one will definitely slowly grow as seen through the case herein where the salesman decided to share with a friend his experience.

The vignette number 4 presents a complex case of the company potentially losing money if the offer from client is rejected, yet on the flip side presents a potential case of substandard work for the client due to inadequate members of staff once the Phil resigns and walks away.

It was untruthful and immoral for the manager to accept the job anyway since this will have either the effect of delivering substandard work, or exerting too much job stress and pressure on the few remaining employees in order to meet the requirements of the job. The concertation of effect of the action may be low since it is spread over many employees and moral intensity may be too low to recognize, but the action is immoral anyway (Johnson E.C., (n.d).

Self-reflection From the completion of this exercise and analysis of the case studies given, it has become apparent and clearer that there are some actions we may do thinking that they are formalities and not think much of their ultimate consequences, and indeed the consequences may not even be seen like the case of the tender and the resigning employee, but they do not cease to be immoral by any standards.

It has also been clear that our immoral actions may not affect us, indeed may not affect the second person we are engaged in the immoral endeavor with, but its consequences will ultimately have a far reaching consequences on people who may have not participated in the act as was the case of bribery at the courier services. The assessment has enabled me to realize my.